Shinobu Hashimoto (Japanese: 橋本 忍, Hashimoto Shinobu; 18 April 1918 – 19 July 2018) was a Japanese screenwriter, film director and producer. Hashimoto was frequent collaborator with Akira Kurosawa, from 1950 to 1970, writing eight screenplays Kurosawa directed. Hashimoto wrote more than eighty screenplays, including Rashomon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai (1950), Throne of Blood, and The Hidden Fortress (1958). Honor his life by posting a comment or pic.